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8 unusual facts about Whitefield


American Discovery Trail

The first hikers to walk the entire trail, Joyce and Pete Cottrell, of Whitefield, New Hampshire, were the first to backpack the entire official route of the American Discovery Trail, but they hiked segments out of sequence over two calendar years, finishing in 2003.

Chrysalis High

Chrysalis High, Whitefield Kadugodi Road, is spread across an area of 4 acres & has facilities like Athletic track, Football Ground, a semi-Olympic size swimming pool, Basketball Court, Tennis Court, Cricket pitch and a beautiful play area for pre-primary children.

Mr Bennett Goes to Town

The basic story pits George Bennett against the brothers Roni and Ezra Feigenbaum, the latter being the leader of the Whitefield Chamber of Commerce.

Whitefield, Bangalore

An Intel Xeon processor code named Whitefield was being developed (but was scrapped later) in Intel's ITPB campus.

Commercial Space at Prestige Shantiniketan is LEED Gold Certified and houses operations of multinationals like Hindustan Unilever, Britannia, Capgemini, Canon, AIG, Caterpillar, Airwatch and others One of the oldest establishment is Tata Elxsi which came to Whitefield around the late 80s.

Whitefield, Maine

Whitefield is named for the celebrated British evangelist George Whitefield, who inspired the colonists before the town was settled in 1770, mainly by Irish Catholics.

Whitefield's Tabernacle

Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood (a town on the eastern edge of Bristol where Whitefield preached to miners)

Whitefield's Tabernacle, Bristol

Whitefield's Tabernacle - disambiguation page with a list of churches by this name


John W. Owens

John Whitefield Owens (November 2, 1884 – April 24, 1968) was the 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing for his editorials on the Baltimore Sun.

Manchester Jewish Museum

The synagogue was completed in 1874 but the building became redundant through the migration of the Jewish population away from the Cheetham area further north to Prestwich and Whitefield.

Pendle Council election, 1999

The Labour gains came in the wards of Craven, Vivary Bridge and Whitefield, while the Conservatives took the seats of Barrowford, Earby, Foulridge and Reedley.

Sarjapura

Sarjapur is fast-developing part of Bangalore with good road connectivity to key IT cluster areas like Whitefield (15 km), Electronic City (19 km), Outer Ring Road (16 km), Marathahalli, Silk Board & Koramangala etc.

Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet

He started work at the age of 9 as a trapper boy at Whitefield Pit, Penshaw, and eventually owned this colliery later in his life.

WNYN

WNYN-FM, a radio station (99.1 FM) licensed to serve Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States


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